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Letters to Hitler

Henrik Eberle (Editor), Victoria Harris (Introduction) — Fri, 18 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Between 1925 and 1945 thousands of ordinary Germans of both sexes and all ages wrote letters to Hitler. Lost for decades, a large cache of these letters was recently discovered in the KGB Special Archive in Moscow, having been carted off to Russia by the Soviet Secret Police at the end of the war.

The letters range from gushing love letters - ‘I love you so much. Write to me, please,’ this from a seven-year old girl named Gina - to letters from teachers

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Gender and the City before Modernity

Lin Foxhall (Editor), Gabriele Neher (Editor) — Fri, 18 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Gender and the City before Modernity presents a series of multi-disciplinary readings that explore issues relating to the role of gender in a variety of cities of the ancient, medieval, and early modern worlds.

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Philosophische Grundbegriffe für Dummies

Christian Godin, Oliver Fehn (Translator) — Wed, 16 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Philosophen und Werke für Dummies

Christian Godin, Oliver Fehn (Translator) — Wed, 16 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Physik ohne Ende

Jorg Hufner, Rudolf Lohken — Wed, 09 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT

On Education: Conversations with Riccardo Mazzeo

Zygmunt Bauman, Riccardo Mazzeo — Fri, 04 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT

What is the role of education in a world where we no longer have a clear vision of the future and where the idea of a single, universal model of humanity seems like the residue of a bygone age? What role should educators play in a world where young people find themselves faced with deep uncertainty about their future, where the prospects of securing a stable, long-term career seem increasingly remote and where intensified population movements have

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On Education: Conversations with Riccardo Mazzeo

Zygmunt Bauman, Riccardo Mazzeo — Fri, 04 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Spider-Man and Philosophy: The Web of Inquiry

William Irwin (Series Editor), Jonathan J. Sanford (Editor) — Fri, 04 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Untangle the complex web of philosophical dilemmas of Spidey and his world—in time for the release of The Amazing Spider-Man movie

Since Stan Lee and Marvel introduced Spider-Man in Amazing Fantasy #15 in 1962, everyone’s favorite webslinger has had a long career in comics, graphic novels, cartoons, movies, and even on Broadway. In this book some of history’s most powerful philosophers help us explore the enduring questions and issues surrounding this

The Great Accelerator

Paul Virilio — Fri, 04 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT

On 10 September 2008, amid much fanfare, the Great Collider run by CERN in Geneva was turned on. The Collider was supposed to fire protons around a seventeen-mile loop of tunnels, causing them to crash into one another at close to the speed of light and break into even tinier particles. Nine days later the Collider broke down and had to be switched off, the accelerator temporarily silenced, the reckless search for 'God's particle' put on hold.

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The Great Accelerator

Paul Virilio — Fri, 04 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Wrapped in a Holy Flame: Teachings and Tales of The Hasidic Masters

Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi, Nataniel M. Miles-Yepez (Editor) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Early in the eighteenth century the legendary holy man and teacher Rabbi Israel Ba'al Shem Tov launched a spiritual movement in Eastern Europe known as Hasidism. The Hasidic movement thrived on parables and stories promulgating joy, the potential for personal transformation, aspirations of the Divine, and the infusion of daily life with music, dancing, and loving exultation—and there is no Jewish institution today that has not been affected by Hasidism

Confucian Philosophy: Innovations and Transformations

Chung-Ying Cheng — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Better Together: Making Church Mergers Work

Jim Tomberlin, Warren Bird, Craig Groseschel (Foreword by) — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Thousands of Protestant churches are perplexed by plateaued or declining attendance, while other congregations nearby thrive. Is there a way for them to combine forces, drawing on both their strengths, in ways that also increase their missional impact? Church merger consultant Jim Tomberlin, with co-writer Warren Bird, makes the case that mergers today work best not with two struggling churches but with a vital, momentum-filled lead church partnering

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Introduction to Cultural Mathematics: With Case Studies in the Otomies and Incas

Thomas E. Gilsdorf — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Challenges readers to think creativelyabout mathematics and ponder its role in their own daily lives

Cultural mathematics, or ethnomathematics as it is also known, studies the relationship between mathematics and culture—with the ultimate goal of contributing to an appreciation of the connection between the two. Introduction to Cultural Mathematics: With Case Studies in the Otomies and Incasintegrates both theoretical and applied aspects of the topic

Experimental Philosophy: An Introduction

Joshua Alexander — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Experimental philosophy uses experimental research methods from psychology and cognitive science in order to investigate both philosophical and metaphilosophical questions. It explores philosophical questions about the nature of the psychological world - the very structure or meaning of our concepts of things, and about the nature of the non-psychological world - the things themselves. It also explores metaphilosophical questions about the nature

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Experimental Philosophy: An Introduction

Joshua Alexander — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Knowledge

Ian Evans, Nicholas Smith — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Introductions to the theory of knowledge are plentiful, but none introduce students to the most recent debates that exercise contemporary philosophers. Ian Evans and Nicholas D. Smith aim to change that. Their book guides the reader through the standard theories of knowledge while simultaneously using these as a springboard to introduce current debates. Each chapter concludes with a “Current Trends” section pointing the reader to the best literature

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Knowledge

Ian Evans, Nicholas Smith — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT

The Big Bang Theory and Philosophy: Rock, Paper, Scissors, Aristotle, Locke

William Irwin (Series Editor), Dean Kowalski (Editor) — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT

A lighthearted meditation on the philosophical quandaries of the hit television show The Big Bang Theory

Ever wonder what Aristotle might say about the life Sheldon Cooper leads? Why Thomas Hobbes would applaud the roommate agreement? Who Immanuel Kant would treat with "haughty derision" for weaving "un-unravelable webs?" And—most importantly—whether Wil Wheaton is truly evil? Of course you have. Bazinga!

A Baptist Among the Jews

Mary Blye Howe, John Wilson (Foreword by), Rabbi Lawrence Kushner (Afterword by) — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Like most Christians, Mary Blye Howe was uninformed about Jewish ritual and tradition. To satisfy her curiosity she joined a Jewish study group held in the home of a Hasidic rabbi. A Baptist Among the Jews is Howe's first-person account of her eye-opening experience of studying with that welcoming group and how this experience led her to a deeper, richer relationship with her God. While learning about the traditions of Judaism and studying the Torah

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